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Saving Sunshine – Sibling Relationships, Islamophobia and Environmentalism Explored in Saadia Faruqi and Shazleen Khan’s Beautiful Story for Younger Readers

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 26, 2024

The beauty of comics is that, in terms of connecting with readers on an emotional level,  they are such a sophisticated visual storytelling form that sometimes less really is more….

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Kwändǖr – Cole Pauls Celebrates the Lives of Dene and Arctic Peoples in this Acclaimed Collection from Conundrum Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 25, 2024

Cole Pauls’ Kwändǖr has already gained a significant degree of acclaim, having won a BC and Yukon Book Prize to sit aside the Indigenous Voices Award he won for previous…

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Fox Flight Market Night – Enter a Whimsical, Warm World of Magic Courtesy of Beastly Worlds

  • by Lydia Turner
  • January 24, 2024

Whimsical, warm and magical. Three words that can easily be ascribed to recent small press gem Fox Flight Market Night, from creator Beatrijs Brouwer (professionally known as Beastly Worlds). From…

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The Gosh Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw Returns Online! – Join Us Thurs, January 25th with Guest Artists Mike Armstrong and Beck Kubrick

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 24, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Your favourite online comics social is back as we return to our guest artist format! Our fortnightly Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier…

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Convoy – A Tin of Snails, Kris Kristofferson and Sibling Squabbles Form the Basis for Molly Stocks’ Impressive Slice-of-Life Story from Breakdown Press

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 23, 2024

My first introduction to the art of Molly Stocks came at Gosh! Comics via Small Press Day last summer which goes to show that SPD can be a journey of…

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SelfMadeHero Announce Early 2024 Publishing Plans Including a New Edition of Kuper’s ‘Ruins’ and a Biography of George Sand

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 23, 2024

SelfMadeHero’s early 2024 publishing plans have been revealed and they include a new edition of Peter Kuper’s Eisner-winning Ruins and a biography of George Sand. Details on all four books…

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Give the Cartoon Museum a Lift! – Crowdfunding Campaign Looks to Make a Fave London Comics-Related Venue Accessible to All Again

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 22, 2024

Time for a comics community shout-out on behalf of our pals at London’s Cartoon Museum where Broken Frontier has appeared at multiple events over the last decade-plus, at both its…

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Comics and Graphic Novels Will (Probably) Change Your Life! – New Comics Exhibition at the Workers Gallery Features Rachael House, Ian Williams, Rachael Ball and More

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 22, 2024

The first exhibition announcement for 2024 here at BF with news of ‘COMICS and GRAPHIC NOVELS will (probably) change your life!’ – a new show in South Wales at the…

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Preview: Wait It Gets Worse… If We Only Knew – Gideon Kendall and Doug Latino’s Alternative Comics to Be Collected by Cosmic Lion

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 22, 2024

From Cosmic Lion, the publisher of Broken Frontier contributor and cartoonist Tony Wolf’s Tales From The Wolf, comes a new collection of Gideon Kendall and Doug Latino’s self-published alt comics…

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“Art Can Serve as a Form of Resistance Long After Its Creators Have Perished” – Dave Maass on Taking the Concentration Camp-Written Opera ‘Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis’ to the Comics Page

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 19, 2024

Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis is one of the most remarkable projects to come out of the Berger Books line at Dark Horse Comics to date. This graphic novel is…

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The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Announces the Comics Rights Market for 2024

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 19, 2024

Creating opportunities for creators and for the form in the UK is a hot talking point at the moment. The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has its own contribution to…

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Pine & Merrimac #1 – Kyle Starks and Fran Galán Deliver a Must-Read for Mystery Fans

  • by Karen O'Brien
  • January 19, 2024

An enchanting thriller-in-the-making, Pine & Merrimac #1 delivers your new favorite dynamic duo. A delightful couple of characters who also happen to be a delightful married couple, the Kents are…

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Aya: Claws Come Out – Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie Bring Their Feisty Ivorian Aya Back to Life

  • by Lindsay Pereira
  • January 18, 2024

New stories about Aya, Bintou, Adjoua, and their families: if that’s not a great start to a new year, what is? Any happiness associated with this news will be undeniably…

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The Flying Ship Vol. 1 – Dark Horse and Tapas Bring Jem Milton’s Queer Fantasy Adventure Series to Print

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 17, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Part of the new collaboration between Dark Horse Comics and Tapas, Jem Milton’s The Flying Ship Vol. 1 brings the artist’s webcomic…

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BUG+ – Jof!’s Tale of Robotic Insects Asks Us to Consider How We Comprehend the Comics Page

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 16, 2024

The story behind Jonathan Traynor’s first self-published comic BUG+ is a fascinating sidebar in itself. Originally presented online during the pandemic, the comic’s first iteration consisted of 31 panels published…

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Bar Delicious – Blaise Moritz Examines the Oppressive Hold of Late Stage Capitalism in this Conundrum Press Collection

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 15, 2024

Conundrum Press’s ‘Conundrum 25’ series spotlighting “masters of the graphic short story form” continues to celebrate the publisher’s silver jubilee with thought-provoking and medium-embracing comics practice. Blaise Moritz’s Bar Delicious,…

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Six Small Press Creators to Watch in 2024 – Spotlighting the Work of Dominica Claribelle, Mike Armstrong, Tinglin Liu, Tom Philipson, Zhenyi Zheng and Zoè Delautre Corral

  • by Andy Oliver
  • January 15, 2024

10 YEARS OF THE BF SIX TO WATCH! Yes, it’s time again for our Broken Frontier Six to Watch announcement! Undoubtedly one of our most eagerly anticipated posts of the…

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Dark Horse and Yoe Books to Collect a 1950s Oddity with ‘Space Western Comics: Cowboys vs. Aliens, Commies, Dinosaurs, and Nazis!’

  • by Broken Frontier Staff
  • January 12, 2024

With a title like Space Western Comics: Cowboys vs. Aliens, Commies, Dinosaurs, and Nazis! how could we not give a spotlight to a new collection of vintage Charlton comics coming…

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